/ðz/, BrE AmE /θs/ AmE: baths - oaths - sheaths - truths - youths - wreathsĬonversely, at least one plural is regular in Received Pronunciation and may be irregular in American English.In American English they may be regular, pronounced as /θs/. Several plurals of words ending in /θ/ are irreglular, pronounced as /ðz/. /ð/, BrE AmE /θ/ AmE: loathsome - within - without.booth - notwithstanding - with - withdraw - withdrawal - withhold.Irregular plurals of words ending in /θ/, as /ðz/ In mid position: algorithm - bother - brother - clothes /kləʊðz, kləʊz/ - clothing - farther - father - feather - further - gather - leather - logarithm - mother - Netherlands - northern - rather - southern /ˈsʌðərn/ - rhythm - weather - worthy.At the end of the word: bathe - breathe - clothe - smooth - soothe.At the end of the word: with (also /wɪθ/).In mid position: although - another - either - neither - other - together - whether.At the beginning of the word: than - that - the - their - them - then - there - these - they - this - those - though - thus - within (AmE also /wɪθˈɪn/) - without (AmE also /wɪθˈaʊt/). In mid position: anthropology - Athens - author - athlete - birthday - enthusiasm - Ethiopia - ethnic - filthy - healthy - hypothesis - mathematics - method - monthly - wealthy.In mid position: anything - everything - nothing - something - within AmE - without AmE.At the end of the word: both - with (also /wɪð/).At the beginning of the word: thorough /ˈθʌrə/ BrE /ˈθɜːrəʊ/ AmE - through.
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